On September 4, at a press conference Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sukhchain Singh Gill, said that in August 2023, the Police recovered approximately 240 kilograms of Heroin (narcotics) and since July 5, 2022, they arrested 19,093 narcotics smugglers and filed 14,179 First Information Reports (FIRs), with 1,717 related to commercial quantity in Punjab, reports The Tribune on September 5. Police operations resulted in the confiscation of 1,400 kilograms of Heroin (narcotics), 147.5 kilograms from seaports, totaling 1,548 kilograms in 14 months, 871.82 kilograms of Opium (narcotics), 446.30 Quintals of Poppy Husk (narcotics), and 90.59 Lakh tablets/capsules/injections/vials of Pharma Opioids statewide, and recovered INR 139.6 million drug money, he added.